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Definition: Microsoft 365


An annual subscription for Microsoft's venerable Office suite of applications, all of which are installed in the user's computer or mobile device. Previously offered under the Office 365 brand, in 2020, all Office 365 products were renamed Microsoft 365. See Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office versions.

Microsoft 365 for Home
There are three versions for personal use as follows:

Microsoft Office Home & Student 2021
This is the non-subscription version that has no time limit. It includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint for one Windows or one Mac computer.

Microsoft 365 Personal (1 user)
Microsoft 365 Family (6 users + parental controls)
These subscription-based plans include the following applications for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android:
  Outlook email
  Word processing
  Excel spreadsheet
  PowerPoint presentations
  OneDrive cloud storage
  OneNote note taking
  Skype video calling
  Editor grammar, spelling and style
  Publisher desktop publishing (Windows only)
  Access database (Windows only)

Microsoft 365 for Business
All Business subscriptions are priced per user per year and include the following programs and cloud services:
  Outlook email
  Word processing
  Excel spreadsheet
  PowerPoint presentations
  Publisher desktop publishing (Windows only)
  Access database (Windows only)
  OneDrive cloud storage

  Teams collaboration
  Exchange spam filtering (cloud based)
  SharePoint intranets (cloud based)

Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Includes Web and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint and Exchange. No desktop versions. Formerly Office 365 Business Essentials.

Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Includes all above applications and cloud services. Formerly Office 365 Business Premium,

Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Includes all above applications and cloud services plus Intune mobile device management and Azure Information Protection. Formerly Microsoft 365 Business,

Microsoft 365 Apps for business
Includes all the above applications except for Teams, Exchange and SharePoint. Formerly Office 365 Business.